May 11, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Appreciation- Read the poem "Full Day"? To what is the speaker referring? What point is he or she trying to make? Turn in Whitman on Monday Discussion of Dickinson's poetry- Full Day by Naomi Shihab Nye
The pilot on the plane says: In one minute and fifty seconds we're going as far as the covered wagon went in a full day. We look down on clouds, mountains of froth and foam. We eat a neat and subdivided lunch. How was it for the people in the covered wagon? They bumped and jostled. Their wheels broke. Their biscuits were tough. They got hot and cold and old. Their shirts tore on the branches they passed. But they saw the pebbles and the long grass and the sweet shine of evening settling on the fields.
They knew the ruts and the rocks. They threw their furniture out to make the wagons lighter. They carried their treasures in a crooked box. May 10, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Education- "Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices." What does this mean? Discussion of Whitman's poetry- Discussion of Dickinson's poetry- May 9, 2012 Prompt-Topic- "Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." Immanual Kant- Do you agree? How is you life a reflection of your wisdom? Discussion of Whitan's poetry- Turn in Bierce worksheets Lincoln worksheets due Friday May 8, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Dreams- "Dreams are free, so free your dreams. Astrid Alauda- author- What dreams do you need to free? Why? Discussion of "The Gettysburg Address" - Worsheets due on Thursday Read- Whitmans poetry for Wednesday- May 7, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Doing- "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso What do you need learn to do? What can't you do that you wish you could do? Turn in portfolio at end of class; turn in Chestnut and Lee worksheets Discussion of "The Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" Worksheets due on Wednesday- Read- The Gettysburg Address for Tuesday- paraphrase the speech. May 4, 2012 Prompt-Topic- "But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." Carl Sagan- What is he saying? Is this true? Why? Last porfolio work day- Portfolios due on Monday in their entirity with rubric
May 3, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Poetry- Read the poem "Night" by Longfellow. What images does this poem create? What is the speaker talking about? Discussion of "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" - quiz if necessary- worksheets out Realism Night by __Henry Wadsworth Longfellow__
Into the darkness and the hush of night
Slowly the landscape sinks, and fades away,
And with it fade the phantoms of the day,
The ghosts of men and things, that haunt the light,
The crowd, the clamor, the pursuit, the flight,
The unprofitable splendor and display,
The agitations, and the cares that prey
Upon our hearts, all vanish out of sight.
The better life begins; the world no more
Molests us; all its records we erase
From the dull common-place book of our lives,
That like a palimpsest is written o'er
With trivial incidents of time and place,
And lo! the ideal, hidden beneath, revives. e here
May 2, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Poetry- None- shortened hours Turn Spritiuals packet in Discussion of Chestnut and Lee- finish Assign "The Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge" Realism
May 1, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Poetry- Read "The Heart of the Matter." What is the speaker saying? What is the heart of the matter? Turn in Douglass packet; Spritiuals due Wed. Disucssion of Chestnut and Lee Realism
The Heart of the Matter by __Dana Gioia__
The heart of the matter, the ghost of a chance,
A tremor, a fever, an ache in the chest.
The moth and the candle beginning their dance,
A cool white sheet on which nothing will rest.
Come sit beside me. I've waited alone.
What you need to confess I already know.
The scent of your shame is a heavy cologne
That lingers for hours after you go.
The dregs of the bottle, the end of the line,
The laggard, the loser, the last one to know.
The unfinished book, the dead-end sign,
And last summer's garden buried in snow.
April 30, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Poetry-"I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry." Randall Jarett- U.S. author ad poet. Is it important that all poeple be able to read and appreciate poetry? What does poetry do for readers? Why is there so much poetry?Vocabulary- quiz- Monday; Job shadow packet due Monday Read Lee and Chestnut for tomorrow Work on worksheets after test- Douglass due Tuesday
April 27, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Appreciation- "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Voltaire Who do you need to appreciate? Why? What would happen to relationships if you said thank you to more of the people you love?Vocabulary- quiz- Monday; Job shadow packet due Monday
Work day for portfolio and job shadowing packet Spirituals- worksheets out- Ain't I a Woman- worksheets out; assign Lee and Chestnut for Monday
April 26, 2012 Prompt-Topic-"It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them." P. G. Wodehouse (British author and humorist) Vocabulary- solvent, extenuating, and tenaciously (quiz Friday) Spirituals- worksheets out- Ain't I a Woman- worksheets out; assign Lee and Chestnut
April 25, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Compare- "If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time." Max Ehrmann, poet. What does he mean? How possible is this way of life? What are your achievements that you should enjoy? Vocabulary- sedentary and assiduous (quiz Friday) FinishDouglass- assign worksheets Discussion of traits of realism
April 24, 2012 Prompt-Topic- [[/quote/26730.html|Wish- ]][[/quote/26730.html|Sunday is national grant a wish day. What wishes could you grant? For whom? What wishes would you love to have granted for you? Why?]] Vocabulary- enumerate and exorbitant (quiz Friday) Begin Douglass- assign worksheets Discussion of traits of realism
Apri 23, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Love- [[/quote/26730.html|Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." Matt Groening- author - What does this say about love?]] Vocabulary- avocation and emanate (quiz Friday) [[/quote/26730.html|Notes over Realism]]
April 20, 2012 Prompt-Topic-None- Test over Romanticism, Transcendentalism, and Anti-transcendentalism April 19, 2012 no school Redfield Relays April 18, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Ability- "There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability." Robert Half- businessman- What abililties do you or others need to realize about you?
vocabulary- apprasie and averse
Work day for test, portfolio and essay- essay due today at 7:00 P.M.
April 17, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Point of view- You have your point of view. Be willing to accept that others have one, too. How willing are you to accept others' opinions. Why? Vocabulary-adverse and appease Use laptops to work on portfolios; turn them in on Friday. Test on Friday. April 16, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Best Day- "Write on your heart that every day is the best day of the year." R.W. Emerson- How can you make every day the best day and what is your best day of the year? Why? Vocabulary-abhor and adherent Use laptops to work on Fountainhead essays; turn in final draft to me via email by 11:59 P.M. Hand in rubric on Wednesday; work on Transcendentalism poster and portfolio. April 13, 2012 Prompt-Topic- confidence- "You have to have confidence in your abilty and then be tough enough to follow through." Rosalyn Carter- How confident are you in your ability and are you tough enough to do what it takes to follow your dreams? Vocabulary-ulterior and vangaurd Work day for portfolio and Fountainhead essays
April 12, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Running- Look at the artwork titled Running for the Deep. What is going on in the picture? How does the action relate to the topic? Tell the story of the picture. Vocabulary-tentative and therapeutic Finish discussion of Melville- Moby Dick- Turn in Melville Friday; Test prompts out- essay tests on Friday of next week. Job Shadow due April 30; Transcendentalism poster rubric out
April 11, 2012 Prompt-Topic- meaning- Read e.e.cummings poem "13." What does it mean? Vocabulary-broach and susceptible Revise Fountainhead essays- first round- see prompts Job Shadow due April 30 13 who knows if the moon's a balloon,coming out of a keen city in the sky—filled with pretty people? (and if you and i should get into it,if they should take me and take you into their balloon, why then we'd go up higher with all the pretty people than houses and steeples and clouds: go sailing away and away sailing into a keen city which nobody's ever visited,where always it's Spring) and everyone's in love and flowers pick themselves
April 10, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Effort- "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." Samuel Johnson- English Author- What effort do you put into your writing that makes it readable? Is this quote true? Vocabulary-awry and bizzare; Melville- Moby Dick excerpt Drafts of Fountainhead essay due next today in email by 11:59; Job Shadow due April 30;
April 5, 2012 work day! no journal turn in Poe essay and Portfolio April 4, 2012 no class April 3, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Appreciation- "The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it." Franklin P. Jones- author. Are you under appreciated? What do you do that is never truly appreciated or is taken for granted? Vocabulary-ascertain and aspiration Work on Poe essay- have done and ready to turn in by 8:00 A.M. tomorrow morning. Turn in rubric today. Drafts of Fountainhead essay due next Tuesday; Job Shadow due April 30; portfolio- Thursday
April 2, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Pain- "Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure." F. Scott Fitzgerald- American author- What pain do you find it hard to give up? What pleasures? Vocabulary-reciprocate and traverse Discussion of Dr. Heidigger's Experiment Poe Essays due tomorrow with all parts Drafts of Fountainhead essay due tomorrow Job Shadow due April 30; portfolio- Thursday
March 30, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Silence- "A man's silence is wonderful to listen to." Thomas Hardy- English novelist- How important is silence in your life? Is the world too noisy? Where does one find true silence? Vocabulary-plague and predilection Work day for portfolios and essays- Poe and The Fountainhead- Poe essay due Tuesday Turn in The Fountainhead worksheets for Section 4 chapters 11- end in today Job Shadow due April 30 March 29, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Contentment- Read the poem "Contentment." What does it mean to be content? How is that different than happiness?Contentment- Read the Vocabulary- jostle and lurch Fountainhead outlines due on today by 11:59; draft on Tuesday the 3rd by 11:59 to me and revisors Thoreau Packet due today Revisions for Poe essays- due today- second revisions out today Job Shadow due April 30 Contentment by __Michael Ryan__ Fragile, provisional, it comes unbidden as evening: the children on the block called in to dinner that for tonight is plentiful, as if it had cost nothing either in money or worry about money. Then evening deepens and the street turns silent. There may be disasters idling in driveways, and countless distresses sharpening, but all that matters most that what be done is done
March 28, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Money- "As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it." Dick Cavett- comedian; What does he mean? What "crap" do people buy? Why?
Vocabulary- imminent and impetuous
Discussion of "The Minister's Black Veil"; packet due on Monday
Assign "Dr. Heidigger's Experiment" for Friday
Fountainhead outlines due on Thursday; draft on Tuesday
Thoreau Packet due Thursday
Revisions for Poe essays- due Thursda
March 27, 2012 Prompt-Topic- "A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth." Geroge Bernard Shaw- Irish dramatist and socialist- What does he mean? Relate the drama of life to this quote. Vocabulary- dissemble and dwindle Laptops today- create and send thesis statements for Fountainhead essay Outlines due on Thursday Revisions for Poe essays
March 26, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Ideas- "The only good ideas are the ones I can take credit for." R. Stevens- cartoonist Vocabulary- none- vocab quiz today Assign "The Minister's Black Veil" for Monday; discussion of story
March 23, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Stupidity- "I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it." Edith Sitwell- English writer Vocabulary- none- vocab quiz on Monday Have Emerson done and turn it in; Assign "The Minister's Black Veil" for Monday Portfolio check today
March 22, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Story- Tell the story of the person who wears these shoes. Vocabulary- none- vocab quiz on Monday Essay draft due on Thursday at 11:59 P.M. Last Fountainhead meeting; fill out essay prewriting for Monday Work on Emerson and Thoreau essays and worksheets Have Emerson done for tomorrow; Assign "The Minister's Black Veil" for Monday Portfolio check tomorrow
March 21, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Learning- "No one ever learned to run who didn't first learn to stand on his own two feet." Noah ben Shea- rabbi- What do you need to learn to stand on your own two feet? What or whom are you dependent upon? Vocabulary- nocturnal and sedate- vocab quiz on Monday Essay draft due on Thursday at 11:59 P.M. Work on Emerson and Thoreau essays and worksheets
March 20, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Learning- "No one ever learned to run who didn't first learn to stand on his own two feet." Noah ben Shea- rabbi- What do you need to learn to stand on your own two feet? What or who mare you dependent upon? Vocabulary- zenith and translucent; Essay draft due on Thursday at 11:59 P.M. today work on Emerson's essays- "Nature" and "Self-reliance" The Fountainhead- due Thursday
March 19, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Dignity-"Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority." James Thurber- American author- How do you demonstrate dignity to others in the community? What is dignity? What does this quote mean? Vocabulary- garrulous and querulous; discuss job shadowing Work on oultines for Poe lit analysis- due by 11:59 P.M. today Read Emerson's essays- "Nature" and "Self-reliance
March 15, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Life- "The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived." Oscar Wilde- American author- How are people deceived by life? How are you deceived? Vocabulary- odious and uncanny Work on oultines for Poe lit analysis- due by 11:59 P.M. today Read Emerson's essays- "Nature" and "Self-reliance" March 14, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Love-Read "Full Circle" and discuss the ideas of love that you have and how those ideas are expressed in your life. What does this poem say about love? Vocabulary- dilapidated and elusive The Fountainhead meeting Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis Assign Poe literary analysis essay- outline due Thursday and essay draft due Tuesday March 13, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Living- "How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live." Ralph Waldo Emerson What does he mean? How is this vain? Vocabulary- semiconductor and oscillate Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis Assign Poe literary analysis essay- thesis statement and reading of essay- due Tuesday
March 12, 2012 Topic-Happiness- "One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory." Rita Mae Brown- American author- What does she mean? Can you forgive and forget? Do you hold grudges? Vocabulary- hologram and tutorial Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis Assign Poe literary analysis essay- thesis statement and reading of essay- due Tuesday
March 8, 2012 Topic-Freedom- You are free to write about whatever you want today. Make it school appropriate. Vocabulary- next two Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis Assign Poe literary analysis essay- thesis statement and reading of essay Portfolio check- turn in binder by 4:00
March 7, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Imagination- Children have wonderful imaginations and wonder about everything. They ask why well into elementary school. What is your imagination and sense of wonder like? What you ask why about? Vocabulary- digital and synthesizer Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis Assign Poe literary analysis essay. The Fountainhead discussion on Wed Portfolio check on Thursday the 7
March 6, 2012
Topic-100- Today is the 100th birthday of the Oreo cookie. What will the world be like in 2112? What will be available then that is not available now? What will you be lile? Vocabulary- Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis Assign Poe literary analysis essay. The Fountainhead discussion on Wed Portfolio check on Thursday
March 5, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Happiness- "If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years." Bertrand Russell (author, philosopher) Explain the implication of these words. What are feeling about happiness? Vocabulary- pollinate and amplify Transcendentalism lecture and Emerson's poetry discussion The Fountainhead discussion on Wed Portfolio check on Thursday
March 2, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Night- Read the poem- How does the winter make you feel? What is the one about? Vocabulary-intensify and standardize Turn in Poe's poems worksheets Portfolio work day
March 1, 2012 Prompt-Topic- March- read the poem. What does this poem say about hope? Relate this poem to the saying "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." Vocabulary-emaciated and nutritious "Pit and the Pendulum" turn in worksheets Finish work on Poe's Poems; Read Emerson for Monday Portfolio work day tomorrow
February 29, 2012 No School February 28, 2012 No School February 27, 2012 Prompt-Topic- parents- "It is a wise father that knows his own child." Shakespeare- Do your parents know you well? Vocabulary-prevail and conventional Turn in poem rubric- poems due by end of day Finish "Pit and th Pendulum" turn in worksheets tomorrow Begin work on Poe's Poem February 23, 2012 Prompt-Topic- "If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it." Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher- What does this quote say about humans and life? Vocabulary-enterprising and repression portfolio check Work on poems- hand them in with rubric by Monday
February 22, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Dare to be- Read the poem. What do you dare to be? What can learn or take to heart from this poem? Vocabulary-conflagration and deluge Work on Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" story structure, lit elements and Poe's style
February 21, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Mardi Gras- Look at the artwork- What do you see? How does it make you feel? How does it relate to Mardi Gras? Vocabulary- quiz Work on Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" story structure, lit elements and Poe's style
February 15, 2012 Topic- Winter- Read the poem- What do you need to put away this winter? What newness will emerge this spring? Vocabulary- rabble and status- quiz Tuesday Work on Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" story structure, lit elements and Poe's style
Winter’s Grace It is autumn again and our anxiety blows With the wind, breaking the heart of the rose, Petals and leaves fall down and everything goes. All but the seed, all but the hard bright berry and the bulbs we kneel on the earth to bury And lay away with our anguish and our worry. It is time we learned again the winter grace To put the nerves to sleep in a dark place And smooth the lines in the self-tortured face. For we are at the end of our endurance nearly And we shall have to die this winter surely, For this is the end of more than a season clearly. Now we shall have to be poor, to yield up all, With the leaves wither, with the petals fall, Now we shall have to die, once and for all. Before the seed of faith so deep and still Pushes up gently through the frozen will And the joyless wake and learn to be joyful. Before this buried love leaps up from sorrow And doubt and violence and pity follow To greet the radiant morning and the swallow. -May Sarton
February 14, 2012 Topic- Love- Make a list of all the types of love that exist in the world. Which ones exist in your life? Do you need more types in your life? Vocabulary- patronage and sanction Work on found/created poem; have revisions done and create second draft; highlight examples of imagery and poetic devices. Hand in Lowell and Longfellow worksheets do the following to your poems February 13, 2012 Topic- Sense- read the poster- True or not? Why? Vocabulary- instrumental and manifest "The Pit and the Pendulum" quiz and begin discussion and vocabulary; plot structure and literary elements Three levels of reading February, 10, 2012 Topic- Sense- read the poster- True or not? Vocabulary- binder and fabricate Portfolio work day- turn in binder at end of hour Read Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"- due on Monday February 9, 2012 Prompt-Topic- What would make the best symbol for your life? Why? Vocabulary- abstract and assimilate Work on poetry revisions- round robin revisions Read Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" Portfolio check on Friday
February 8, 2012 Hands- When you look at an elderly person's hands what do you see? Vocabulary- Quintet and quintuple Holmes worksheets due today Poems are due today in my email Work on Finishing "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" Assign Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"
February 7, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Ideas- What could hinder you from expressing your original ideas? How could you overcome these obstacles? Vocabulary- quadrant and quadruple Holmes worksheets due Wednesday Poems are due Tuesday- work on creating poems Have them in my email tomorrow Portfolio check on Friday
February 6, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Dreams- Read Poe's "A Dream within a Dream." What is it about? Vocabulary- pentathlon and quadrangular Discussion of Holmes, Lowell and Longfellow Holmes worksheets due Wednesday Poems are due Tuesday Portfolio check on Friday February 3, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Cell phones- What rules and consequences would you like to see for student cell phone usage in school? Vocabulary- binocular and pentagon work day for porfolio, poem, wiki February 2, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Rainbows- It takes both sun and rain to create a rainbow. Explain the metaphor. Vocabulary- biennial and bilingual Assign romantic poem; rubric out for wiki February 1, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Nature- Look at the painting "Two Calla Lilies" by Georgia O'Keefe. What does this paining say to you? How do the colors make you feel? What adjectives would you use to describe it? Vocabulary- empathy and pathology The Fountainhead out; reading assignment out for next Wednesday Discuss Holmes poetry and turn in Bryant packet January 31, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Winter- Read "Winter is the Best Time" by David Budbill. What in the best time for you? Why is this poem romantic in nature? What is best about winter for you? Why? Vocabulary- passive and antipathy Modifier quiz Work on play wiki in groups January 30, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Honesty- A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility. Lawrence G. Lovasik - Clergyman- Is this true? What is honesty and humility? Vocabulary- impassioned and passionate papers and folders out; grades; seating chart Finish Bryant poetry- packet due on Wednesday Assign Holmes January 27, 2012 Topic- “When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.” Jeanne DuPrau, The People of Sparks Is this true? Are better at being good or being bad? Vocabulary- pathetic and pathos Work on play wikis; portfolios- hand in portfolios January 26, 2012 Prompt-Topic- “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. ” Franklin D. Roosevelt Are you being "built" for the future? How? What will your future look like? Vocabulary- apathy and impassive Work on play wikis January 25, 2012 Topic- romanticism- What does this painting say to you? How is this a romantic piece of art? Thomas Cole’s Romantic Era masterpiece, “The Oxbow,” (1836) Vocabulary quiz; Work on Bryant poems- Thanatopsis January 24, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Feelings- Read the poem "A Perfume" by John Koethe- What images does it create? What does it say to you? What resonates with you? Why? Vocabulary none; Quiz on Wednesday Work on Poetry today- Bryant Work on phrases January 23, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Winter- Read the poem "Winter and the Nuthatch" by Mary Oliver- What images does it create? What does it say to you? What resonates with you? Why? Vocabulary docile and brusque; Quiz on Wednesday Work on Poetry today- Bryant Turn in Cooper packet January 20, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Regret- "Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." jouralist for NYT- What does this quote mean? Is it possible to live without regrets? Vocabulary uncertain and fastidious; parts of sentence review- quiz Work day- work on portfolio Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11 - turn by end of day January 19, 2012 Prompt-Topic-"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death." James F. Byrnes- laywer and politician- Which are you? What does this quote mean? Vocabulary imperious and placid ; Work on parts of sentence review- quiz tomorrow Discussion of discussion of poetry- Bryant Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11 Januray 18, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Reputation-"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."Henry Ford- What does this quote mean? What is your reputation? How did you get it? Vocabulary audaciously and censure; Work on parts of sentence Discussion of begin discussion of poetry- Bryant Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11 January 17, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Silence-"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute." Josh Billings- humorist; Is this true? Provide examples. Do we talk too much? Vocabulary profuse and ardently; Work on parts of sentence Discussion of Cooper; assign poems Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11 January 16, 2012 Prompt-Topic-"Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once." Evan Esar- American humorist Vocabulary prostrate and preoccupy Work on parts of sentence Discussion of Cooper and turn in Tom Walker packets. Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11 January 12, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Believe- Children are apt to live up to what you believe in them. (Lady Bird Johnson) What do the adults in your world believe of you? Do or will you live up to their beliefs. Vocabulary Preamble and protruded Play discussion Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11 January 11, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Mediocrity- "Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them." Joseph Heller- author. What is mediocrity? What is this quote implying? What quote is it a parody of? Vocabulary recession and redress Finish Tom Walker posters Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11 Play discussions tomorrow January 10, 2012 Prompt-Topic-Listening- "Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery." Joyce Brothers- psycholgist Vocabulary preponderance and refugees Turn in portfolios In groups for play discussions Portfolio check January 9, 2012 Prompt-Topic- Voyages- "Make voyages! Attempt them...there is nothing else." Tennessee Williams- writer. What voyages do you need to attempt? Why? Vocabulary- restoration and prelude Work in groups to discuss"The Devil and Tom Walker"; plot structure, characters, literary elements; summary Have play read and notes taken for tomorrow in class. Portfolio check for tomorrow. January 6, 2012 Prompt-happiness- "The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things." Epictetus- Where do you derive your happiness? What does this quote mean? Vocabulary- deference and prosperity Quiz and discuss"The Devil and Tom Walker"; January 5, 2012 Prompt-Love- "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Mahatma Gandhi- What is love? What does this quote mean? How does it relate to you? Vocabulary- subsistence and variance Assign plays and groups for January book review. Assign "The Devil and Tom Walker"; worksheets out
January 4, 2012 Prompt- Resolutions- Whether you do New Year's resolutions or not, write down four for this year; one for school, one for home, one for friends, and one for yourself. What could you change or do differently this year? Vocabulary- felicity and forbearance Clean out folders; work on sentence parts Assign "The Devil and Tom Walker" Begin romanticism discussion
Prompt-Topic- Appreciation- Read the poem "Full Day"? To what is the speaker referring? What point is he or she trying to make?
Turn in Whitman on Monday
Discussion of Dickinson's poetry-
Full Day by Naomi Shihab Nye
The pilot on the plane says:
In one minute and fifty seconds
we're going as far
as the covered wagon went
in a full day.
We look down
on clouds,
mountains of froth and foam.
We eat a neat and subdivided lunch.
How was it for the people in
the covered wagon?
They bumped and jostled.
Their wheels broke.
Their biscuits were tough.
They got hot and cold and old.
Their shirts tore on the branches
they passed. But they saw the pebbles
and the long grass
and the sweet shine of evening
settling on the fields.
They knew the ruts and the rocks.
They threw their furniture out
to make the wagons lighter.
They carried their treasures in a crooked box.
May 10, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Education- "Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices." What does this mean?
Discussion of Whitman's poetry-
Discussion of Dickinson's poetry-
May 9, 2012
Prompt-Topic- "Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." Immanual Kant- Do you agree? How is you life a reflection of your wisdom?
Discussion of Whitan's poetry- Turn in Bierce worksheets
Lincoln worksheets due Friday
May 8, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Dreams- "Dreams are free, so free your dreams. Astrid Alauda- author- What dreams do you need to free? Why?
Discussion of "The Gettysburg Address" - Worsheets due on Thursday
Read- Whitmans poetry for Wednesday-
May 7, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Doing- "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." Pablo Picasso What do you need learn to do? What can't you do that you wish you could do?
Turn in portfolio at end of class; turn in Chestnut and Lee worksheets
Discussion of "The Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Worksheets due on Wednesday-
Read- The Gettysburg Address for Tuesday- paraphrase the speech.
May 4, 2012
Prompt-Topic- "But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." Carl Sagan- What is he saying? Is this true? Why?
Last porfolio work day- Portfolios due on Monday in their entirity with rubric
May 3, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Poetry- Read the poem "Night" by Longfellow. What images does this poem create? What is the speaker talking about?
Discussion of "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" - quiz if necessary- worksheets out
Realism
Night by __Henry Wadsworth Longfellow__
Into the darkness and the hush of night
Slowly the landscape sinks, and fades away,
And with it fade the phantoms of the day,
The ghosts of men and things, that haunt the light,
The crowd, the clamor, the pursuit, the flight,
The unprofitable splendor and display,
The agitations, and the cares that prey
Upon our hearts, all vanish out of sight.
The better life begins; the world no more
Molests us; all its records we erase
From the dull common-place book of our lives,
That like a palimpsest is written o'er
With trivial incidents of time and place,
And lo! the ideal, hidden beneath, revives. e here
May 2, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Poetry- None- shortened hours
Turn Spritiuals packet in
Discussion of Chestnut and Lee- finish
Assign "The Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge"
Realism
May 1, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Poetry- Read "The Heart of the Matter." What is the speaker saying? What is the heart of the matter?
Turn in Douglass packet; Spritiuals due Wed.
Disucssion of Chestnut and Lee
Realism
The Heart of the Matter
by __Dana Gioia__
The heart of the matter, the ghost of a chance,
A tremor, a fever, an ache in the chest.
The moth and the candle beginning their dance,
A cool white sheet on which nothing will rest.
Come sit beside me. I've waited alone.
What you need to confess I already know.
The scent of your shame is a heavy cologne
That lingers for hours after you go.
The dregs of the bottle, the end of the line,
The laggard, the loser, the last one to know.
The unfinished book, the dead-end sign,
And last summer's garden buried in snow.
April 30, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Poetry-"I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry." Randall Jarett- U.S. author ad poet. Is it important that all poeple be able to read and appreciate poetry? What does poetry do for readers? Why is there so much poetry?Vocabulary- quiz- Monday; Job shadow packet due Monday
Read Lee and Chestnut for tomorrow
Work on worksheets after test- Douglass due Tuesday
April 27, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Appreciation- "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Voltaire Who do you need to appreciate? Why? What would happen to relationships if you said thank you to more of the people you love?Vocabulary- quiz- Monday; Job shadow packet due Monday
Work day for portfolio and job shadowing packet Spirituals- worksheets out- Ain't I a Woman- worksheets out; assign Lee and Chestnut for Monday
April 26, 2012
Prompt-Topic-"It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them." P. G. Wodehouse (British author and humorist) Vocabulary- solvent, extenuating, and tenaciously (quiz Friday)
Spirituals- worksheets out- Ain't I a Woman- worksheets out; assign Lee and Chestnut
April 25, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Compare- "If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time." Max Ehrmann, poet. What does he mean? How possible is this way of life? What are your achievements that you should enjoy? Vocabulary- sedentary and assiduous (quiz Friday)
FinishDouglass- assign worksheets
Discussion of traits of realism
April 24, 2012
Prompt-Topic- [[/quote/26730.html|Wish- ]][[/quote/26730.html|Sunday is national grant a wish day. What wishes could you grant? For whom? What wishes would you love to have granted for you? Why?]]
Vocabulary- enumerate and exorbitant (quiz Friday)
Begin Douglass- assign worksheets
Discussion of traits of realism
Apri 23, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Love- [[/quote/26730.html|Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." Matt Groening- author - What does this say about love?]]
Vocabulary- avocation and emanate (quiz Friday)
[[/quote/26730.html|Notes over Realism]]
April 20, 2012
Prompt-Topic-None- Test over Romanticism,
Transcendentalism, and Anti-transcendentalism
April 19, 2012
no school Redfield Relays
April 18, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Ability- "There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability." Robert Half- businessman- What abililties do you or others need to realize about you?
vocabulary- apprasie and averse
Work day for test, portfolio and essay- essay due today at 7:00 P.M.
April 17, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Point of view- You have your point of view. Be willing to accept that others have one, too. How willing are you to accept others' opinions. Why?
Vocabulary-adverse and appease
Use laptops to work on portfolios; turn them in on Friday. Test on Friday.
April 16, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Best Day- "Write on your heart that every day is the best day of the year." R.W. Emerson- How can you make every day the best day and what is your best day of the year? Why?
Vocabulary-abhor and adherent
Use laptops to work on Fountainhead essays; turn in final draft to me via email by 11:59 P.M. Hand in rubric on Wednesday; work on Transcendentalism poster and portfolio.
April 13, 2012
Prompt-Topic- confidence- "You have to have confidence in your abilty and then be tough enough to follow through." Rosalyn Carter- How confident are you in your ability and are you tough enough to do what it takes to follow your dreams?
Vocabulary-ulterior and vangaurd
Work day for portfolio and Fountainhead essays
April 12, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Running- Look at the artwork titled Running for the Deep. What is going on in the picture? How does the action relate to the topic? Tell the story of the picture.
Vocabulary-tentative and therapeutic
Finish discussion of Melville- Moby Dick- Turn in Melville Friday; Test prompts out- essay tests on Friday of next week.
Job Shadow due April 30; Transcendentalism poster rubric out
April 11, 2012
Prompt-Topic- meaning- Read e.e.cummings poem "13." What does it mean?
Vocabulary-broach and susceptible
Revise Fountainhead essays- first round- see prompts
Job Shadow due April 30
13
who knows if the moon's
a balloon,coming out of a keen city in the sky—filled with pretty people? (and if you and i should
get into it,if they should take me and take you into their balloon, why then we'd go up higher with all the pretty people
than houses and steeples and clouds: go sailing away and away sailing into a keen city which nobody's ever visited,where
always it's Spring) and everyone's in love and flowers pick themselves
April 10, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Effort- "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." Samuel Johnson- English Author- What effort do you put into your writing that makes it readable? Is this quote true?
Vocabulary-awry and bizzare; Melville- Moby Dick excerpt
Drafts of Fountainhead essay due next today in email by 11:59; Job Shadow due April 30;
April 5, 2012
work day! no journal
turn in Poe essay and Portfolio
April 4, 2012
no class
April 3, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Appreciation- "The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it." Franklin P. Jones- author. Are you under appreciated? What do you do that is never truly appreciated or is taken for granted?
Vocabulary-ascertain and aspiration
Work on Poe essay- have done and ready to turn in by 8:00 A.M. tomorrow morning. Turn in rubric today.
Drafts of Fountainhead essay due next Tuesday; Job Shadow due April 30; portfolio- Thursday
April 2, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Pain- "Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure." F. Scott Fitzgerald- American author- What pain do you find it hard to give up? What pleasures?
Vocabulary-reciprocate and traverse
Discussion of Dr. Heidigger's Experiment
Poe Essays due tomorrow with all parts
Drafts of Fountainhead essay due tomorrow
Job Shadow due April 30; portfolio- Thursday
March 30, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Silence- "A man's silence is wonderful to listen to." Thomas Hardy- English novelist- How important is silence in your life? Is the world too noisy? Where does one find true silence?
Vocabulary-plague and predilection
Work day for portfolios and essays- Poe and The Fountainhead- Poe essay due Tuesday
Turn in The Fountainhead worksheets for Section 4 chapters 11- end in today
Job Shadow due April 30
March 29, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Contentment- Read the poem "Contentment." What does it mean to be content? How is that different than happiness?Contentment- Read the Vocabulary- jostle and lurch
Fountainhead outlines due on today by 11:59; draft on Tuesday the 3rd by 11:59 to me and revisors
Thoreau Packet due today
Revisions for Poe essays- due today- second revisions out today
Job Shadow due April 30
Contentment
by __Michael Ryan__
Fragile, provisional, it comes unbidden
as evening: the children on the block
called in to dinner that for tonight
is plentiful, as if it had cost nothing
either in money or worry about money.
Then evening deepens and the street
turns silent. There may be disasters
idling in driveways, and countless distresses
sharpening, but all that matters
most that what be done is done
March 28, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Money- "As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it." Dick Cavett- comedian; What does he mean? What "crap" do people buy? Why?
Vocabulary- imminent and impetuous
Discussion of "The Minister's Black Veil"; packet due on Monday
Assign "Dr. Heidigger's Experiment" for Friday
Fountainhead outlines due on Thursday; draft on Tuesday
Thoreau Packet due Thursday
Revisions for Poe essays- due Thursda
March 27, 2012
Prompt-Topic- "A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth." Geroge Bernard Shaw- Irish dramatist and socialist- What does he mean? Relate the drama of life to this quote.
Vocabulary- dissemble and dwindle
Laptops today- create and send thesis statements for Fountainhead essay
Outlines due on Thursday
Revisions for Poe essays
March 26, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Ideas- "The only good ideas are the ones I can take credit for." R. Stevens- cartoonist
Vocabulary- none- vocab quiz today
Assign "The Minister's Black Veil" for Monday; discussion of story
March 23, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Stupidity- "I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it." Edith Sitwell- English writer
Vocabulary- none- vocab quiz on Monday
Have Emerson done and turn it in;
Assign "The Minister's Black Veil" for Monday
Portfolio check today
March 22, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Story- Tell the story of the person who wears these shoes.
Vocabulary- none- vocab quiz on Monday
Essay draft due on Thursday at 11:59 P.M.
Last Fountainhead meeting; fill out essay prewriting for Monday
Work on Emerson and Thoreau essays and worksheets
Have Emerson done for tomorrow;
Assign "The Minister's Black Veil" for Monday
Portfolio check tomorrow
March 21, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Learning- "No one ever learned to run who didn't first learn to stand on his own two feet." Noah ben Shea- rabbi- What do you need to learn to stand on your own two feet? What or whom are you dependent upon?
Vocabulary- nocturnal and sedate- vocab quiz on Monday
Essay draft due on Thursday at 11:59 P.M.
Work on Emerson and Thoreau essays and worksheets
March 20, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Learning- "No one ever learned to run who didn't first learn to stand on his own two feet." Noah ben Shea- rabbi- What do you need to learn to stand on your own two feet? What or who mare you dependent upon?
Vocabulary- zenith and translucent;
Essay draft due on Thursday at 11:59 P.M.
today work on Emerson's essays- "Nature" and "Self-reliance"
The Fountainhead- due Thursday
March 19, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Dignity-"Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in lonely splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority." James Thurber- American author- How do you demonstrate dignity to others in the community? What is dignity? What does this quote mean?
Vocabulary- garrulous and querulous; discuss job shadowing
Work on oultines for Poe lit analysis- due by 11:59 P.M. today Read Emerson's essays- "Nature" and "Self-reliance
March 15, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Life- "The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived." Oscar Wilde- American author- How are people deceived by life? How are you deceived?
Vocabulary- odious and uncanny
Work on oultines for Poe lit analysis- due by 11:59 P.M. today
Read Emerson's essays- "Nature" and "Self-reliance"
March 14, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Love-Read "Full Circle" and discuss the ideas of love that you have and how those ideas are expressed in your life. What does this poem say about love?
Vocabulary- dilapidated and elusive
The Fountainhead meeting
Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis
Assign Poe literary analysis essay- outline due Thursday and essay draft due Tuesday
March 13, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Living- "How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live." Ralph Waldo Emerson What does he mean? How is this vain?
Vocabulary- semiconductor and oscillate
Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis
Assign Poe literary analysis essay- thesis statement and reading of essay- due Tuesday
March 12, 2012
Topic-Happiness- "One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory." Rita Mae Brown- American author- What does she mean? Can you forgive and forget? Do you hold grudges?
Vocabulary- hologram and tutorial
Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis
Assign Poe literary analysis essay- thesis statement and reading of essay- due Tuesday
March 8, 2012
Topic-Freedom- You are free to write about whatever you want today. Make it school appropriate.
Vocabulary- next two
Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis
Assign Poe literary analysis essay- thesis statement and reading of essay
Portfolio check- turn in binder by 4:00
March 7, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Imagination- Children have wonderful imaginations and wonder about everything. They ask why well into elementary school.
What is your imagination and sense of wonder like? What you ask why about?
Vocabulary- digital and synthesizer
Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis
Assign Poe literary analysis essay.
The Fountainhead discussion on Wed
Portfolio check on Thursday the 7
March 6, 2012
Topic-100- Today is the 100th birthday of the Oreo cookie. What will the world be like in 2112? What will be available then that is not available now? What will you be lile?
Vocabulary-
Emerson's poetry discussion; work on poetry analysis
Assign Poe literary analysis essay.
The Fountainhead discussion on Wed
Portfolio check on Thursday
March 5, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Happiness- "If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years." Bertrand Russell (author, philosopher) Explain the implication of these words. What are feeling about happiness?
Vocabulary- pollinate and amplify
Transcendentalism lecture and Emerson's poetry discussion
The Fountainhead discussion on Wed
Portfolio check on Thursday
March 2, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Night- Read the poem- How does the winter make you feel? What is the one about?
Vocabulary-intensify and standardize
Turn in Poe's poems worksheets
Portfolio work day
March 1, 2012
Prompt-Topic- March- read the poem. What does this poem say about hope? Relate this poem to the saying "Don't count your chickens before they hatch."
Vocabulary-emaciated and nutritious
"Pit and the Pendulum" turn in worksheets
Finish work on Poe's Poems; Read Emerson for Monday
Portfolio work day tomorrow
February 29, 2012
No School
February 28, 2012
No School
February 27, 2012
Prompt-Topic- parents- "It is a wise father that knows his own child." Shakespeare- Do your parents know you well?
Vocabulary-prevail and conventional
Turn in poem rubric- poems due by end of day
Finish "Pit and th Pendulum" turn in worksheets tomorrow
Begin work on Poe's Poem
February 23, 2012
Prompt-Topic- "If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it." Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher- What does this quote say about humans and life?
Vocabulary-enterprising and repression
portfolio check
Work on poems- hand them in with rubric by Monday
February 22, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Dare to be- Read the poem. What do you dare to be? What can learn or take to heart from this poem?
Vocabulary-conflagration and deluge
Work on Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" story structure, lit elements and Poe's style
February 21, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Mardi Gras- Look at the artwork- What do you see? How does it make you feel? How does it relate to Mardi Gras?
Vocabulary- quiz
Work on Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" story structure, lit elements and Poe's style
February 15, 2012
Topic- Winter- Read the poem- What do you need to put away this winter? What newness will emerge this spring?
Vocabulary- rabble and status- quiz Tuesday
Work on Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" story structure, lit elements and Poe's style
Winter’s Grace
It is autumn again and our anxiety blows
With the wind, breaking the heart of the rose,
Petals and leaves fall down and everything goes.
All but the seed, all but the hard bright berry
and the bulbs we kneel on the earth to bury
And lay away with our anguish and our worry.
It is time we learned again the winter grace
To put the nerves to sleep in a dark place
And smooth the lines in the self-tortured face.
For we are at the end of our endurance nearly
And we shall have to die this winter surely,
For this is the end of more than a season clearly.
Now we shall have to be poor, to yield up all,
With the leaves wither, with the petals fall,
Now we shall have to die, once and for all.
Before the seed of faith so deep and still
Pushes up gently through the frozen will
And the joyless wake and learn to be joyful.
Before this buried love leaps up from sorrow
And doubt and violence and pity follow
To greet the radiant morning and the swallow.
-May Sarton
February 14, 2012
Topic- Love- Make a list of all the types of love that exist in the world. Which ones exist in your life? Do you need more types in your life?
Vocabulary- patronage and sanction
Work on found/created poem; have revisions done and create second draft; highlight examples of imagery and poetic devices.
Hand in Lowell and Longfellow worksheets
do the following to your poems
February 13, 2012
Topic- Sense- read the poster- True or not?
Why?
Vocabulary- instrumental and manifest
"The Pit and the Pendulum" quiz and begin discussion and vocabulary; plot structure and literary elements
Three levels of reading
February, 10, 2012
Topic- Sense- read the poster- True or not?
Vocabulary- binder and fabricate
Portfolio work day- turn in binder at end of hour
Read Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"- due on Monday
February 9, 2012
Prompt-Topic- What would make the best symbol for your life? Why?
Vocabulary- abstract and assimilate
Work on poetry revisions- round robin revisions
Read Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"
Portfolio check on Friday
February 8, 2012
Hands- When you look at an elderly person's hands what do you see?
Vocabulary- Quintet and quintuple
Holmes worksheets due today
Poems are due today in my email
Work on Finishing "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls"
Assign Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"
February 7, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Ideas- What could hinder you from expressing your original ideas? How could you overcome these obstacles?
Vocabulary- quadrant and quadruple
Holmes worksheets due Wednesday
Poems are due Tuesday- work on creating poems
Have them in my email tomorrow
Portfolio check on Friday
February 6, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Dreams- Read Poe's "A Dream within a Dream." What is it about?
Vocabulary- pentathlon and quadrangular
Discussion of Holmes, Lowell and Longfellow
Holmes worksheets due Wednesday
Poems are due Tuesday
Portfolio check on Friday
February 3, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Cell phones- What rules and consequences would you like to see for student cell phone usage in school?
Vocabulary- binocular and pentagon
work day for porfolio, poem, wiki
February 2, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Rainbows- It takes both sun and rain to create a rainbow. Explain the metaphor.
Vocabulary- biennial and bilingual
Assign romantic poem;
rubric out for wiki
February 1, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Nature- Look at the painting "Two Calla Lilies" by Georgia O'Keefe. What does this paining say to you? How do the colors make you feel? What adjectives would you use to describe it?
Vocabulary- empathy and pathology
The Fountainhead out; reading assignment out for next Wednesday
Discuss Holmes poetry and turn in Bryant packet
January 31, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Winter- Read "Winter is the Best Time" by David Budbill. What in the best time for you? Why is this poem romantic in nature? What is best about winter for you? Why?
Vocabulary- passive and antipathy
Modifier quiz
Work on play wiki in groups
January 30, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Honesty- A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility. Lawrence G. Lovasik - Clergyman- Is this true? What is honesty and humility?
Vocabulary- impassioned and passionate
papers and folders out; grades; seating chart
Finish Bryant poetry- packet due on Wednesday
Assign Holmes
January 27, 2012
Topic- “When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.” Jeanne DuPrau, The People of Sparks
Is this true? Are better at being good or being bad?
Vocabulary- pathetic and pathos
Work on play wikis; portfolios- hand in portfolios
January 26, 2012
Prompt-Topic- “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. ” Franklin D. Roosevelt Are you being "built" for the future? How? What will your future look like?
Vocabulary- apathy and impassive
Work on play wikis
January 25, 2012
Topic- romanticism- What does this painting say to you? How is this a romantic piece of art?
Thomas Cole’s Romantic Era masterpiece, “The Oxbow,” (1836)
Vocabulary quiz;
Work on Bryant poems- Thanatopsis
January 24, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Feelings- Read the poem "A Perfume" by John Koethe- What images does it create? What does it say to you? What resonates with you? Why?
Vocabulary none; Quiz on Wednesday
Work on Poetry today- Bryant
Work on phrases
January 23, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Winter- Read the poem "Winter and the Nuthatch" by Mary Oliver- What images does it create? What does it say to you? What resonates with you? Why?
Vocabulary docile and brusque; Quiz on Wednesday
Work on Poetry today- Bryant
Turn in Cooper packet
January 20, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Regret- "Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." jouralist for NYT- What does this quote mean? Is it possible to live without regrets?
Vocabulary uncertain and fastidious;
parts of sentence review- quiz
Work day- work on portfolio
Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11 - turn by end of day
January 19, 2012
Prompt-Topic-"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death." James F. Byrnes- laywer and politician- Which are you? What does this quote mean?
Vocabulary imperious and placid ; Work on parts of sentence review- quiz tomorrow
Discussion of discussion of poetry- Bryant
Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11
Januray 18, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Reputation-"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."Henry Ford- What does this quote mean? What is your reputation? How did you get it?
Vocabulary audaciously and censure; Work on parts of sentence
Discussion of begin discussion of poetry- Bryant
Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11
January 17, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Silence-"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute." Josh Billings- humorist; Is this true? Provide examples. Do we talk too much?
Vocabulary profuse and ardently; Work on parts of sentence
Discussion of Cooper; assign poems
Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11
January 16, 2012
Prompt-Topic-"Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once." Evan Esar- American humorist
Vocabulary prostrate and preoccupy
Work on parts of sentence
Discussion of Cooper and turn in Tom Walker packets.
Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11
January 12, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Believe- Children are apt to live up to what you believe in them. (Lady Bird Johnson) What do the adults in your world believe of you? Do or will you live up to their beliefs.
Vocabulary Preamble and protruded
Play discussion
Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11
January 11, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Mediocrity- "Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them." Joseph Heller- author. What is mediocrity? What is this quote implying? What quote is it a parody of?
Vocabulary recession and redress
Finish Tom Walker posters
Portfolio check- January 20 for Jan. 11
Play discussions tomorrow
January 10, 2012
Prompt-Topic-Listening- "Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery." Joyce Brothers- psycholgist
Vocabulary preponderance and refugees
Turn in portfolios
In groups for play discussions
Portfolio check
January 9, 2012
Prompt-Topic- Voyages- "Make voyages! Attempt them...there is nothing else." Tennessee Williams- writer. What voyages do you need to attempt? Why?
Vocabulary- restoration and prelude
Work in groups to discuss"The Devil and Tom Walker"; plot structure, characters, literary elements; summary
Have play read and notes taken for tomorrow in class.
Portfolio check for tomorrow.
January 6, 2012
Prompt-happiness- "The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things." Epictetus- Where do you derive your happiness? What does this quote mean?
Vocabulary- deference and prosperity
Quiz and discuss"The Devil and Tom Walker";
January 5, 2012
Prompt-Love- "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Mahatma Gandhi- What is love? What does this quote mean? How does it relate to you?
Vocabulary- subsistence and variance
Assign plays and groups for January book review.
Assign "The Devil and Tom Walker"; worksheets out
Continue romanticism discussion
January 4, 2012
Prompt- Resolutions- Whether you do New Year's resolutions or not, write down four for this year; one for school, one for home, one for friends, and one for yourself. What could you change or do differently this year?
Vocabulary- felicity and forbearance
Clean out folders; work on sentence parts
Assign "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Begin romanticism discussion